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A bit off topic but yes, these days "native" apps tend to be memory hogs. Modern computers have tons of CPU and memory which makes the developers lazy, it would
by PrimeDirective 8y ago
A bit off topic but yes, these days "native" apps tend to be memory hogs. Modern computers have tons of CPU and memory which makes the developers lazy, it would seem. Generally, noone optimizes their desktop clients.
- corrigible 8y agoTelegram is amazingly smooth on Linux and Windows.
- chocolatkey 8y agoBecause it has a real native backend. It uses Qt/C++. I really wish other chat apps would do it...
- benplumley 8y agoI've had Telegram, Slack and Discord open all day. Currently, they're using: 7MB Telegram, 350MB Slack, and 140MB Discord. Other heavy things I've got running are 160MB Spotify (which is electron) and 1GB Firefox (which is doing actual work with its memory).